A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

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Burmese python caught swallowing full-sized deer proves the invasive snakes are eating bigger native prey in Florida, study says.